Lutheran Churches Support Villagers’ Struggle to Protect Rain Forests
(LWI) - Villagers from Pandumaan in the North Sumatra province of Indonesia have been harvesting and preserving benzoin from one of the last untouched rain forests in…
Lutheran congregation attends to the injured in Kiev
(LWI) – A place of peace and prayer – and an improvised hospital. For days now, the church of the German Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Kiev has been caring for…
(LWI) - The Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN) held its Annual Convention, 19-23 February 2014 in Demsa, Adamawa State, in the northeastern part of the country. LCCN…
Interview with LWF General Secretary on International Women’s Day
6 March 2014 (LWI) – The International Women’s Day is observed on 8 March. This year the theme is Equality for Women Is Progress for All. According to…
African Woman Theologian on Mentoring and Networking
(LWI) - Ebise Dibisa Ayana is teaching theology at the Mekane Yesus Seminary, a school of theology belonging to the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY). She…
Appointments of Dr Ojot Miru Ojulu and Rev. Rebecca Ruggaber
(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Department for Theology and Public Witness (DTPW) is expanding its worship and advocacy work. Dr Ojot Ojulu, a member of the…
Women in Church and Society participate in UN platform
(LWI) – “The commitment toward an inclusive communion promoting equal participation of women and men must be deeply rooted in a society that values the gifts of every human being,”…
Meeting with Executive Director of UN Women Mlambo-Ngcuka
(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge underlined the communion of churches’ commitment to gender justice and the empowerment of women at a…
